Ted Goertzel
| Ted Goertzel | |
|---|---|
 Goertzel (left) with Dave Thomas, Bob Blaskiewicz and Scott Lilienfeld at the CSICon 2011 conspiracy theories panel. | |
| Native name | Ted George Goertzel |
| Born | November 20, 1942 |
| Fields | Sociology |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
| Education | Antioch College (B.A., 1964), Washington University (M.A., 1966; Ph.D., 1970) |
| Thesis | Brazilian student attitudes towards politics and education (1970) |
| Known for | Research on conspiracy theories |
| Children | Ben Goertzel |
Ted George Goertzel (born November 20, 1942)[1] is an American sociologist and emeritus professor of sociology at Rutgers University. He is known for studying conspiracy theories in science.[2][3][4] In 1994, for example, he conducted a survey of 347 people in New Jersey,[5] on the basis of which he argued that each belief a person has about a conspiracy theory serve as a basis for their beliefs about other such theories.[6][7] He is the father of Ben Goertzel, with whom he co-authored the 1995 book Linus Pauling: A Life in Science and Politics.[8]
References
- ↑ "Ted George Goertzel". Library of Congress. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Zhang, Sarah (18 February 2016). "Why People Want to Believe the Zika Virus Is a Conspiracy". Wired. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Bloch, Hannah (27 September 2014). "Denying Ebola Turns Out To Be A Very Human Response". NPR. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Schwartz, John (14 July 2009). "Vocal Minority Insists It Was All Smoke and Mirrors". New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Goertzel, Ted (December 1994). "Belief in Conspiracy Theories". Political Psychology. 15 (4): 731. doi:10.2307/3791630.
- ↑ Bower, Bruce (26 May 2009). "The Inner Worlds of Conspiracy Believers". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Walker, Jesse (20 May 2014). "It's All a Conspiracy". Slate. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Paulos, John Allen (5 November 1995). "Pauling's Prizes". New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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